First year birthday! First Poll of this Patreon!

Hi guys!

So… I decided to use the poll feature on Patreon to ask our community something that has been eating me up.

I think it is visible by now that my renders changed quite a lot over this one year.

The reason for that is that I have been studying how to improve in my spare time. I mean, this is already a spare-time project. The study came in the spare time of my spare time.

In practice over this one year I learned:

Better setting of lighting, and also some professional tricks with lighting.

Basic colorist terminologies and techniques, like shadows, midtones, highlights, saturation manipulation, gamma correction, and contrast stretching.

Expanded my repertoire of Photoshop techniques, better use of layers (indirect lighting and overlay are KING!), and better use of filters.

So, here comes my question: Are you guys liking it?

Being sincere and vulnerable to you guys, I am asking this because I am an insecure person. Sometimes I am working on the next update on my PC, and for some reason I leave. When I come back and look at the monitor, I think, "My god, this looks amazing!" Sometimes I look to the finished render and can't help but wonder if I should go back to the basics.

And one thing many people don't tell is that creation is a collective effort. The better path to self-improvement is asking for input from others.

So I'll leave this poll here. It'll be open to anyone leaving his opinion here if he wants. I would love to hear what you guys have to say about the path I have been taking!